06
Nov
Loops Amplify Direction
2008. MySpace was the world's largest social network. 115 million users.
Then Facebook overtook them in April.
What
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Charles Blain
05
Nov
Iterate Through Failure
Everyone knows SpaceX fails fast. Blow up rockets. Learn. Iterate.
What most don't know: How close it came
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04
Nov
Behavior Reveals Purpose
Sears had a vision. One company, unified mission, customer-centric culture.
Eddie Lampert had a better idea.
2005. He restructured Sears
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03
Nov
Navigation Beats Maps
That quarterly strategy deck sitting in your shared drive?
Beautiful vision. Market analysis. SWOT. Three-year roadmap with milestones.
Can'
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31
Oct
Use It, Lose It
You've probably felt it when the AI gives an answer and you think: Should I check this? Do
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30
Oct
Hybrid Work Compounds
You're asking the wrong question.
"What can AI handle?" leads to a binary: everything or nothing.
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29
Oct
Certainty Destroys Authority
The expert says "I don't know" and gains credibility.
The fraud pretends to know and loses
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28
Oct
The Apprenticeship Problem
You need experience to supervise AI.
But AI eliminates the entry-level roles where people gain experience.
In 5 years, who
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27
Oct
Who Thinks First
Every time you use ChatGPT, one decision determines whether you get smarter or dumber: who provides context first.
We say
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24
Oct
Constraints Design Behavior
Twitter launched in 2006 with a 140-character limit borrowed from SMS. The constraint was technical, not philosophical.
Users invented threading.
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